Terry Plumeri
He Who Lives in Many Places
Airbone Records (US) 1975
ARC1 (LP)
sleeve : EX-(some light dirts.)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise.)
Born in Manhattan, New York, and classically trained in composition under the Hungarian composer Antal Doráti, Terry Plumeri built his career composing numerous film scores. Despite his classical background, he also collaborated extensively with leading jazz figures such as Cannonball Adderley, Quincy Jones, Wayne Shorter, and Les McCann. This 1975 release stands as both his debut leader album and a true classic. Recorded as a sextet featuring Herbie Hancock, John Abercrombie, Michael Smith, Eric Gravatt, and Paul Martin, the album unfolds six cuts of super-deep jazz. Throughout, it exudes a dense, brooding atmosphere, with organic textures that nonetheless carry a shadowed, cinematic sense of landscape—absolutely compelling from start to finish. The highlight is A3: a deep spiritual jazz-funk piece clearly informed by the electric-period Miles Davis, and strongly connecting to Herbie Hancock’s 1973 masterpiece Sextant. Hancock’s electric piano work here is simply irresistible.
A1: Underwater
A3: Timeworn